What is causing this corrosion?
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The surface is pitted with many spots; they are located inside the jacket. The material is carbon steel, and the jacket contains saturated steam; saltwater was used at one point. What caused this damage, and what type of corrosion is it?
Surface corrosion – the medium is incompatible with the material!
Incompatibility should result in uniform corrosion; how could there be such large holes?
The one sent to me is quite similar; it’s most likely caused by salts
Pitting or cavitation? It should be electrochemical corrosion, not uniform corrosion
The causes of corrosion are closely related to operating conditions and the medium involved; it is first necessary to determine what type of medium is present, and then an analysis should be conducted taking into account both the material properties and the operating conditions
It should be pitting; this phenomenon shouldn’t occur with saturated steam. It was probably caused by the use of saline solution.